COBOL Products -- 2

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Fujitsu Software
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1 Fujitsu (WinTel)

Fujitsu COBOL for Windows
(See http://www.adtools.com/products/windows/cobol.htm)

Fujitsu COBOL for Windows is a complete COBOL development environment that allows you to create standalone COBOL applications and/or COBOL components for use with Microsoft® visual tools. Fujitsu COBOL for Windows Version 4 runs on Windows 95/98/NT.

FREE Fujitsu COBOL Version 3 Starter Set

(See http://www.adtools.com/download/v3starter/index.htm)

The easy-to-install Fujitsu COBOL Version 3 Starter Set contains a complete development and execution environment, allowing you to start building robust client/server applications immediately. The PowerBSORT OCX is ready to build into your applications. A full set of softcopy manuals is also available for downloading.


PowerCOBOL™

(See http://www.adtools.com/products/windows/pcobol.htm)

PowerCOBOL™ is a visual, object-oriented development environment that allows you to create graphical user interface (GUI) applications on Windows 95/98/NT. PowerCOBOL’s graphical development environment lets you use your COBOL expertise to efficiently build and execute complex GUI applications in the Microsoft® Windows environment. PowerCOBOL simplifies the process of programming for Windows by abstracting Windows APIs to a higher level.

Fujitsu NetCOBOL for .NET

(See http://www.adtools.com/dotnet/index.html)

By announcing support for the Microsoft .NET Framework, Fujitsu continues its long-standing effort to keep abreast of the technological advancements offered by Microsoft and other companies. Fujitsu NetCOBOL for .NET smoothly integrates with other languages such as Visual Basic, C++, and Java. Fujitsu Software is the only COBOL vendor to announce support for Microsoft .NET and ASP.NET, including Web Services.

PowerBSORT™

(See http://www.adtools.com/products/windows/pbsort.htm)

PowerBSORT significantly shortens the time needed to merge or sort data for business processing. You get rapid, high-performance merging and sorting of large volumes of data without disrupting your current environment. PowerBSORT thus offers a straightforward way to slash response times for merges and sorts.

PowerGEM Plus

(See http://www.adtools.com/products/windows/pgemplus.htm)

PowerGEM Plus is a graphical library system that allows you to maintain control of distributed development resources for a variety of languages on multiple platforms. PowerGEM Plus lets you set up local or network repositories, check files in and out, view change histories, and compare source versions.

Fujitsu COBOL for UNIX

(See http://www.adtools.com/products/unix/cobolux.htm)

Fujitsu COBOL for UNIX is a complete COBOL development suite -- compiler, run-time libraries, and debug tool. The highly optimized code produced by Fujitsu COBOL provides the basis for fast, mission-critical business systems on UNIX workstations.

3 Fujitsu–Siemens

1 - COBOL85 (BS2000/OSD)

COBOL85 is the COBOL compiler, providing support for the current ANSI/ISO COBOL Standard, open interfaces conforming to X/Open, and future standards for the server lines running BS2000/OSD.

For additional information, see:

http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/products/software/compiler/languages/cobol.html

2 - COBOL2000® (BS2000/OSD)

COBOL2000 (BS2000/OSD) V1.1 is a pre-standard COBOL Compiler for the server lines running under BS2000/OSD, which already makes the main new features of the future COBOL standard available today. The functionality of the previous versions, COBOL2000 (BS2000/OSD) V1.0 and COBOL85 (BS2000/OSD) V2.3, is naturally included in the new COBOL compiler. COBOL85 (BS2000/OSD) conforms to American National Standard X3.23-1985 with Addendum X3.23a-1989, international standard ISO 1989-1985 with Amendment 1:1992, German standard DIN 66028-1986 and European standard EN 21989, and has been validated to High Level.

For additional information, see:
http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/products/software/compiler/language/cobol2000.html
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IBM Corporation
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See http://www-4.ibm.com/software/ad/cobol/ for links to information on all of IBM's Mainframe, Midrange, and Workstation COBOL Products.

Also, if you are looking for IBM publications, you can find the complete online library at:

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/Shelves


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LegacyJ Corporation
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As this FAQ may not be updated in the same “cycle” as this (or other) vendors update their products, please do check out their website for the latest information on their products.

1 PERCobol™

PERCobol is the modern advanced function COBOL compiler permitting the creation of Graphical, Object Oriented, Platform independent, Java enabled COBOL applications. Applications compiled with PERCobol can fully exploit new capabilities.

PERCobol compiler technology permits existing COBOL applications to make use of modern COBOL features with little or no changes to existing code. PERCobol can be integrated with existing COBOL applications or can execute completely independent of any previous COBOL compiler or COBOL runtimes.

For supported operating systems and environments, see

http://www.legacyj.com/perc_plat.html

If a newer release/version is currently available, check out the LegacyJ sites for additional information.

1 LegacyJ Educational Program

Students can use PERCobol Educational one semester FREE. Options are available for Colleges, Universities and other institutions to teach advanced COBOL concepts with PERCobol. The LegacyJ Education Program may be ideal for your college or university

2 LegacyJ DDS Plug-in

LegacyJ DDS Plug-in permits the use and display of OS/400 DDS screens on any platform supporting Java. The LegacyJ DDS plug-in is the natural extension for COBOL and Java functioning with screens defined using IBM’s OS/400 Data Description Specification (DDS).

The DDS screen definitions, familiar to the OS/400 community, remain valuable and can continue to be used to define user interface interactions. The screens can be leveraged with the use of the DDS Plug-in, and unlike screen scraping, DDS screen definition records are controlled and displayed on the platform where they are deployed.

PERCobol in conjunction with DDS Plug-in maintains the same behavior as it did when solely resident on the iSeries while enabling the COBOL application to access data remotely on the iSeries server.

For additional information, see:

http://www.legacyj.com/DDSPlugin/index.html

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Liant/Ryan McFarland
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1 RM/COBOL Compiler and Runtime System

RM/COBOL's sophisticated runtime system permits the maintenance of single source and object code - and the easy deployment of applications on a wide choice of open client/server platforms. Their "claim to fame" is that their compiler generates objects that are portable between platforms without recompiling. This is why you need a runtime for the desired platform to interpret the object. They also provide 100% portable data files.

2 RM/Interface Builder

RM/COBOL developers can now use their choice of industry-standard tools such as Microsoft's Visual Basic and Borland's Delphi to develop a true Windows client user interface for Windows or UNIX-based COBOL application

3 RM/Enterprise CodeBench

RM/COBOL developers can now take full advantage of their client/server development environments. This new version of our powerful graphical workbench enables the management of existing UNIX- or Windows-based RM/COBOL applications to be handled from a remote Windows workstation.

4 RM/Panels

RM/Panels allows you to develop COBOL based applications with a whole new event-driven look-and-feel with true GUI functionality, while maintaining complete object portability.

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Relativity® (at one time also known as Relational Data Bridge)
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This product allows you ODBC access to your COBOL data.
You can update and insert records from ODBC.



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Micro Focus
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1 Micro Focus® Net Express™ 3.1

(See http://www.microfocus.com/products/netexpress)

Micro Focus Net Express is a ground-breaking development environment that takes core business processes written in COBOL and extends them to the Web and other distributed platforms. With Net Express, your programmers can quickly construct enterprise components from your existing business logic and use these to develop new Web or client/server applications across your distributed enterprise. Because Net Express leverages your legacy applications and programming resources, it reduces the development cycle and accelerates deployment of new state-of-the-art applications.

2 Object COBOL Developer Suite

(See http://www.microfocus.com/products/ocds )

Object COBOL Developer Suite provides an integrated environment for developing and deploying client/server and standalone applications on a wide range of UNIX and Linux platforms. Its advanced features include:

- COBOL access to industry standard Object Request Broker (ORB) technology

- A flexible, cross-platform COBOL compiler

- Powerful programmer productivity tools

- Object COBOL™ class libraries

- Transparent support for large files

- DBCS application support

- User interface development tools

- Ability to execute Web server applications created using Micro Focus Express™

- Run-time facilities that simplify application deployment

3 Micro Focus® Server Express

(see http://www.microfocus.com/products/serverexpress )

Specifically designed for performance and reliability to support high-volume transaction processing applications, Server Express is the platform of choice for deploying e-business and distributed applications. Server Express accelerates enterprise COBOL application performance to the next level providing the fastest ever Micro Focus COBOL® product for UNIX. Server Express helps to dramatically reduce deployment costs and provides increased service levels through state-of-the-art capabilities.

4 Micro Focus® Mainframe Express

(See http://www.microfocus.com/products/mainframeexpress )

To stay competitive, businesses must exploit their hardware and software development investments by cost-effectively maintaining current systems, while at the same time delivering new applications with emerging technologies that interface with current production business logic. Mainframe Express helps businesses do both by providing an industry-leading workstation-based COBOL development environment that includes advanced, integrated application development tools that streamline workflow and dramatically increase programmer productivity.

5. Academic Products

(See http://www.microfocus.com/academic)

· Net Express™ University Edition V3.0
Learn and write COBOL for the PC, e-business, Internet/Intranet, and distributed computing environments!

· Personal COBOL for Windows 3.1 V1.1
Runs on Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT!

· Personal COBOL for DOS V2.0
The DOS compiler of choice for the first time COBOL student

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WANG
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“Wang's COBOL ReSource is alive and well, running in AIX on RS/6000 and HP/UX on HP-9000. Sites running 300-500 users in shared, indexed files are not unusual and a site or two runs over 1,000 users. All the key components are ports of Wang VS code, including the very able file system.

Care of the product was outsourced by Wang to SRDI of Australia a few years ago, before Wang was acquired by Getronics. I represent SRDI in most parts of the world and am the focal point for most new migrations from Wang VS to COBOL ReSource. I do not have any performance comparisons of ReSource against MF or AC but I have comparisons of ReSource on modest RS/6000 boxes against a range of Wang VS models and a couple of HP models. Wang's COBOL 85 generates native assembler code, then assembles it and links it using the native tools, all automatically, on all three platforms that support it -- the Wang VS line and COBOL ReSource on RS/6000 and HP-9000.”

For additional information on COBOL ReSource, see:

http://www.tjunker.com/ and select “COBOL ReSource”

COBOL : THE MicroSOFT Links ........!!!

Fujitsu COBOL To Support Microsoft .NET Platform;

Fujitsu COBOL's support of the Microsoft .NET Platform will give COBOL programmers immediate access to leading-edge technologies.

Fujitsu Software Corporation product Fujitsu COBOL will support the Microsoft .NET Platform when it is first released in 2001.

Fujitsu COBOL developers will be able to take advantage of all of the latest technologies provided by the Microsoft .NET Platform.

This is a significant advance for the COBOL application development community that often has to wait for COBOL vendors to catch up with the latest Microsoft features. By supporting this new platform, Fujitsu Software Corporation ensures that COBOL will be an equal player with other languages such as Visual Basic and C++ when it comes to using the latest technology. COBOL developers will have access to the latest in Web services and application development frameworks, such as ASP+, Microsoft's successor to Active Server Pages (ASP).

"The Microsoft .NET Platform provides significant improvements in the creation, execution, and deployment of sophisticated graphical and Web-based systems," said Ron Langer, Director, COBOL Sales and Marketing, for Fujitsu Software Corporation. "COBOL is still the best language for business application development, so it makes a lot of sense for us to partner with Microsoft to integrate COBOL fully into the Microsoft .NET Platform."
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Micro Focus Announces .Net Interoperability to Complement

Cobol/Java Support in Net Express 3.1

New functionality enables companies to use COBOL business logic in e-business applications

Micro Focus International Ltd. (Micro Focus(R)), a leading global enterprise development company for legacy systems, today announced further enhancements to its popular Net Express(R) product for developing and extending distributed COBOL applications to the Web. Increasing the return-on-investment in legacy systems, this groundbreaking development environment now supports interoperability with Microsoft .NET technologies in addition to the COBOL/Java interoperability introduced in Net Express 3.1.

.NET is an environment for developing and running software applications that offers rich standard run-time services available to components written in a variety of programming languages, and inter-language and inter-machine interoperability.

Net Express provides the only scalable alternative to running COBOL systems on the mainframe, offering companies a low-risk, cost-effective means of leveraging their legacy assets in an e-business environment. By implementing Net Express, companies can maximize reuse of existing IBM mainframe and proprietary platform COBOL applications, enabling them to participate in e-business applications across the enterprise. In addition, companies can now transform core business applications written in COBOL and extend them to the Web and other distributed platforms, including UNIX and Windows.

"With 85 percent of the world's business data accessed from COBOL, companies are struggling with ways to transform legacy code into evolving e-business applications which guarantee that customers, suppliers and partners can access, interact and benefit from this existing data," said Ian Archbell, vice president and director of product management of Micro Focus. "Net Express provides an unmatched solution for leveraging a company's legacy investment and programming resources to reduce the development cycle and accelerate the deployment of new applications."

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COBOL Commercial Vendors :-

COBOL Products

In order to present an un-biased list of commercial COBOL product offerings I've pulled in the product overviews from each company's marketing information. For detailed product descriptions, you should probably contact the specific vendor.
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Acucorp
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1. AcuCOBOL-GT

(See http://www.acucorp.com/solutions/datasheets/acucobolgt/)

If it's your job to write COBOL applications that conquer today's complex, transaction intensive, network-centric information systems, you need an advanced COBOL - a COBOL that allows you to leverage modern IS technologies, while freeing you from proprietary hardware - a COBOL that delivers the best performance, flexibility, scalability, and platform independence. You need ACUCOBOL-GT. At Acucorp, we have pioneered technologies that enable COBOL applications to take advantage of today's advanced computing environments. We offer technology that allows you to run your COBOL applications on hundreds of platforms in every type of client/server environment, without recompilation. We can enable you to move your legacy data to a relational database or ODBC data source and access it from your COBOL program, without having to embed SQL or recode your COBOL application in any way. If you want your application to retrieve data from a remote UNIX or Windows NT server, or launch a program on a remote server - without recoding - you can do it with Acucorp technology. If you want to make your COBOL application available to users of the Internet, you can do it with Acucorp technology. If you want to use COBOL to add a native GUI front-end to your COBOL application, you can do it with Acucorp technology

2 AcuBench™

(See http://www.acucorp.com/solutions/datasheets/acubench/)

Acucorp, Inc., the industry leader in open systems COBOL development tools, is pleased to offer AcuBench, an integrated development environment for ACUCOBOL™-GT. Available for the Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems, AcuBench contains a set of graphically based, GT-optimized development tools, including a Project Manager, WYSIWYG Screen Painter, and language sensitive source Code Editor.
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Compaq COBOL
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1 Compaq COBOL (for Alpha and VAX)

NOTE: - Compaq is now a part of HP. This section will be revised eventually.

Compaq COBOL (formerly known as DIGITAL (DEC and VAX) COBOL) is a high-level language for business data processing that operates on the OpenVMS (VAX and Alpha), Tru64 UNIX (Alpha) and Windows NT (Alpha) platforms. It is a high-performance, optimizing compiler environment that is based upon the 1985 ANSI COBOL Standard X3.23-1985 as modified by the X.23a-1989 amendment. Compaq COBOL is designed to maximize source-code level compatibility between supported platforms. The Compaq extensions to COBOL, include screen handling (ACCEPT/DISPLAY) at the source language level, file sharing and record locking and others. Support for ORACLE CDD/Repository, and some X/Open features are also provided.

See: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/cobol/

Online documentation is available at:

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/cobol.html

2 Compaq COBOL85 Programming Language (for NonStop Himalaya Servers)

The Compaq COBOL85 programming language is an ANSI-compliant language for developing online transaction processing (OLTP) and batch applications for Compaq NonStop™ Himalaya servers. Special Compaq extensions to the ANSI specifications allow COBOL programmers to access the unique capabilities of the Compaq NonStop™ Himalaya server architecture using a language that they already know.

See http://nonstop.compaq.com/view.asp?IO=TDCB85PD
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Computer Associates/Realia
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1 Advantage™ CA-Realia® II Workbench

Advantage™ CA-Realia® II Workbench provides an exciting mainframe-compatible COBOL development environment on the PC. CA-Realia II Workbench uses the power of the PC environment to improve the development and maintenance of COBOL and CICS applications. This revolutionary technology provides a new and exciting graphical user interface (GUI) workstation environment that operates under Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0 SP3, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

CA-Realia II Workbench includes a high-speed COBOL compiler, an interactive debugger, a COBOL-Intelligent analyzer, a CICS emulator, a COBOL-sensitive editor, and a complete life cycle manager with mainframe connectivity. Its includes a 32-bit COBOL compiler and runtime. Its mainframe options allow mainframe-compiled and executing programs to be debugged and analyzed under the friendly Workbench GUI.

See : http://ca.com/products/realiaii_workbench.htm

for details and add on products.

Technical Support (including documentation) is available from webpage:

http://esupport.ca.com/public/cobol_testing/realia/realia-wkbch_supp.asp

At times, there's a heavy burden of responsibility that goes with this job--like today's news on COBOL. And why do I feel a sense of responsibility in talking about COBOL? Well, for one thing, no one else seems to, and with an estimated 200 billion lines of COBOL code in use, it's clearly something right up a lot of programmers' alley. Moreover, as Dr. Dobb's senior contributing editor Al Stevens once said, "I'll never say anything bad about COBOL. It put meals on my family's table for a lot of years." So here's the news about COBOL...

Veryant has rolled out its new isCOBOL Application Suite 2008 that includes a compiler, IDE, debugging tools, and portable GUI that can execute on any device--from mainframes to mobile phones--running a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Actually, it's kind of cool that the isCOBOL compiler and runtime are written in 100-percent Java, which means that COBOL developers can design one UI and deploy it across many platforms, ranging from AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris, to Linux, Windows, and mainframes. Other isCOBOL features include Web 2.0 components, such as calendar date-entry, gain/lost focus event, keystroke functions, and accordion panel, as well as optimized TCP/IP communications to improve performance and response time when running in isCOBOL Server thin clients.

Then there's long-time COBOL kingpin Micro Focus, which has announced a special relationship with Microsoft to provide more integration between Microsoft and Micro Focus tools. Specifically, Micro Focus will extend its Net Express, SOA Express, and Enterprise Server tools for customers developing managed-code, 64-bit applications that leverage .NET, SQL Server, Team Foundation Server, BizTalk Server, and System Center Operations Manager. No talk of mobile phones or motor scooters there. We're talking big iron at the enterprise.

And with news that's a little easier to swallow, Micro Focus announced that Miller Brewing--you know, the folks who brew beer under the Coors, Hamm's, Keystone, Icehouse, Miller's, and Red Dog labels, among others--has implemented Micro Focus Mainframe Express Enterprise Edition (MFEEE) to reduce its reliance on mainframes. Miller's mainframe currently features 40,000 programs and COBOL applications, which are managed by its proprietary Production Installation Transfer System (PITS)--Miller's process of moving mainframe jobs, programs, and copybooks into production. For business reasons, Miller wanted to transition the company's reliance from mainframes to server-based and workstation environments. Consequently, Miller wrote a .NET application to move programs back and forth from the mainframe, which allowed for 25 percent of Miller's mainframe development to be done using Mainframe Express. To launch the project, Miller first installed MFEEE on its Citrix farm, moving 10,000 APS programs over to Mainframe Express. After generating all programs and converting the APS code to COBOL, Miller compiled and tested a selected set of programs and installed MFEEE into production. Miller's next step is to move testing from the mainframe to Windows, explore the use of SOA, and move the entire system to Windows.

( Jonathan Erickson )